I should just buy all my guns from Rembo

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As many of you know I recently moved south from Fort McMurray to Devon and there is nothing like packing and moving stuff to make you question some of the stuff you own. It started I sold a Rembo semi custom 25-284 to RickF a good CGN'er, then a 700 35 Whelen back to Supercub that I bought from him last year leaving me two hunting rifles, a Sako AV 300 winny and a Kimber 84m in 308win. I had four extra scopes in the boxes under my bench in Ft Mc, so they went too.

I have long toyed with the idea of one hunting gun, for me I wasn't comfortable with the 308 on big stuff, but loved the lightweight Kimber.

I got chatting on here with Rembo again(that often costs money) about a Remington 700 Ti he had that he BDL'd when I read he had found an original Ti in 7mm SAUM. So the Sako and the Kimber were sold and I am officially a one hunting rifle guy.

Rembo got Cccan to BDL the Saum and after bedding and a trigger adjustment, I mounted a New Leupold FX111 6x42 in lightweight Talley's and I was off to the races. First trip out to Genesee was shooting 140 gr TSX's over H4831 and some factory rounds. Results weren't very good, groups 2-3 inches, since I didn't have a 7mm bore brush I couldn't get it really clean(at this point I was missing my Sako quite a bit).

Yesterday I picked up a 7mm brush, gave it a thorough cleaning and loaded some 150 gr Nosler Etips over H4831 starting at 58 grs working up to 61. First group was about 1.5 inches, things were looking up. The next six groups as I went from 58grs up to 61grs were all under an inch except one flyer when the guy next to me shot his 338 with a muzzle brake just as I was squeezing the trigger. The two groups I shot with the 60 gr charge were both about 1/2 an inch.

This is the fourth or fifth gun I have bought from Rembo and the third that Cccan bedded and all have been excellent shooters.

Thanks guys, I forgot to pull down the targets before I left, I'll post some pics of the gun when I charge the batteries on my camera.
 
hey....cut it out.....I don't need any more work and I've sold most of my extra rifles ('cept for a couple, just ask)...I'm a bonafide five (give or take) hunting rifle guy...like I actually hunt...

your Ti was the second discontinued Rem 700 that I recently bought NIB and sold before tripping the trigger....just finished packing up another one....

Sounds like you had one of those uplifting range trips...
I haven't had one it a while...:-(

Glad you got the Ti shooting....sounds like a winner....

what did you scope it with and how much did it come in at for weight?

cccan does a he11uva bedding job and he's a pro at installing BDL bottom metal in Ti's...Martins' has to be the 3rd or 4th he's done......along with countless other ADL's he's upgraded for me over the years.....I haven't touched an Accraglass kit in five years..:)

now...lets' see how long Martin can remain a "one hunting rifle guy".....

Martin, PM me, I've got one to replace your Sako.....:)
 
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hey....cut it out.....I don't need any more work and I've sold most of my extra rifles ('cept for a couple, just ask)...I'm a bonafide five (give or take) hunting rifle guy...like I actually hunt...

your Ti was the second discontinued Rem 700 that I recently bought NIB and sold before tripping the trigger....just finished packing up another one....

Sounds like you had one of those uplifting range trips...
I haven't had one it a while...:-(

Glad you got the Ti shooting....sounds like a winner....

what did you scope it with and how much did it come in at for weight?

cccan does a he11uva bedding job and he's a pro at installing BDL bottom metal in Ti's...Martins' has to be the 3rd or 4th he's done......along with countless other ADL's he's upgraded for me over the years.....I haven't touched an Accraglass kit in five years..:)

now...lets' see how long Martin can remain a "one hunting rifle guy".....

Martin, PM me, I've got one to replace your Sako.....:)
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I scoped it with a Leupy FX111 6x42 fixed power scope.

I haven't had a chance to break out my postal scale yet.

I don't know how long I will make it as a one hunting gun guy, I just know I will make it longer than Win94 ever does...lol
 
One gun hunter

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I am a "one gun hunter" too. It is just that I have to leave the other 20 or so at home because at retirement age, I can only carry one at a time.

I will say that the one gun I usually carry is a Ruger .308 Mannlicher stocked carbine with a 18 1/2 inch barrel. It is interesting that the .308 Winchester was considered as "not enough gun". From practical hunting experience, over 30 years of hunting the Prairies and mountains of B.C., the little Ruger has accounted for 8 moose, and an untold number of Elk, Whitetails, and Mule deer, most of them with one shot. I have harvested enough Elk and Deer, that, if I never shoot another one, I will still have shot a heck of a lot more than most people ever will. I use a 165 grain Speer that gives under one inch groups at 100 yards. If we really do some soul searching, and are honest with ourselves, about 85 percent of our game is shot at under 200 yards.

I have always thought the 7mm calibre as being almost ideal for a hunting rifle, especially for someone who had to have a Magnum one. The 7mm Remington Magnum is an accurate cartridge, and will take almost anything in North America. The 7mm SAUM is a bit more so.

There was an old saying...."beware of the man with only one rifle". He usually practices with it, becomes familiar with it, and can really use it.

Nice choice.
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You would have a better chance of seeing me dressed in pink tights selling kittens on White Ave. then Rembo and Martin not buying/adding guns to their collections...it just won't happen..lol
 
buffdog said:
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I am a "one gun hunter" too. It is just that I have to leave the other 20 or so at home because at retirement age, I can only carry one at a time.

I will say that the one gun I usually carry is a Ruger .308 Mannlicher stocked carbine with a 18 1/2 inch barrel. It is interesting that the .308 Winchester was considered as "not enough gun". From practical hunting experience, over 30 years of hunting the Prairies and mountains of B.C., the little Ruger has accounted for 8 moose, and an untold number of Elk, Whitetails, and Mule deer, most of them with one shot. I have harvested enough Elk and Deer, that, if I never shoot another one, I will still have shot a heck of a lot more than most people ever will. I use a 165 grain Speer that gives under one inch groups at 100 yards. If we really do some soul searching, and are honest with ourselves, about 85 percent of our game is shot at under 200 yards.

I have always thought the 7mm calibre as being almost ideal for a hunting rifle, especially for someone who had to have a Magnum one. The 7mm Remington Magnum is an accurate cartridge, and will take almost anything in North America. The 7mm SAUM is a bit more so.

There was an old saying...."beware of the man with only one rifle". He usually practices with it, becomes familiar with it, and can really use it.

Nice choice.
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I never really thought the 308 wouldn't kill a moose or an elk, it was more the gun was a bit finicky, it prefered 150 gr bullets and ballistic tips at that.

If I had applied myself more, I'm sure I could have got a heavier/tougher bullet to work, but then I had a 300 win mag for that purpose already.

I think the Nosler Etip 150gr 7mm bullet at around 3000 fps should be pretty versatile, being a solid metal tipped hollowpoint similar to a Barnes X in design should penetrate like crazy and the BC is fantastic almost .500
 
The basis of my main hunting rifles are a 257Roberts, 270Win, and a 375/338.

The 257R is for deer and the 375 for bigger stuff. The 270 can go either way with proper bullets.

Everyone should have at least spare rifle.


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I have a Rembo built 35 Whelen.Man does that thing shoot.
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Ive often thought of selling them all but one, but I cant do it. But simplicity is beautiful. Oh and Rembo & ccan do great work indeed :) pleasure to deal with too
 
Rembo's guns? Crap.

That 25-284 that's supposed to be a good un? Had it out again yesterday. At 200 yards, 3 - 75 grain V-Max's at 3650 and 3 - 100TSX's at 3325 fps go into the same 1 1/4" group.

And the fact that it's a 1969 blued action may help, but that particular rifle is the smoothest M700 I have ever seen.

Yup...crap. :D


Guntech does get some of the blame though. He turned down the barrel so that it balanced in the McMillan classic stock I sent him. Also took the trigger down some, it was good before but heavier than I like.

I think the resulting rifle is the best field rifle (handling, balance, fit) that I have ever used.
 
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RickF said:
Rembo's guns? Crap.

That 25-284 that's supposed to be a good un? Had it out again yesterday. At 200 yards, 3 - 75 grain V-Max's at 3650 and 3 - 100TSX's at 3325 fps go into the same 1 1/4" group.

And the fact that it's a 1969 blued action may help, but that particular rifle is the smoothest M700 I have ever seen.

Yup...crap. :D


Guntech does get some of the blame though. He turned down the barrel so that it balanced in the McMillan classic stock I sent him. Also took the trigger down some, it was good before but heavier than I like.

I think the resulting rifle is the best field rifle (handling, balance, fit) that I have ever used.
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again...I must admit I'm at a total loss as to explain what the problem is with that particular 700.......:-(

Please send it back to me for warrantly rework at your earliest possible convenience...:)
 
If I send it back now and you keep it til after deer season, would that be sufficient time for you to trouble-shoot it?

I suppose I should include a couple hundred loaded rounds for you to scientifically critique? :p
 
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